Hybrid Lead DevOps Engineer

at FXC Intelligence

• Job title: Lead DevOps Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Lead DevOps Engineer managing the Platform Team at FXC Intelligence. Responsible for building and maintaining secure, high-performance platforms for clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Platform Team in building a secure and resilient high-performance platform
• Take responsibility for the quality of the changes delivered by the Platform Team
• Influence, coach and line-manage Platform Team engineers
• Align your team on goals, outcomes and timelines
• Be the go-to expert for AWS, owning the platform in AWS and staying current with new features
• Create and maintain the platform using Terraform
• Use metrics and monitoring to improve platform performance, security, reliability and cost control
• Improve the quality of life of your team and the business, through automation, process improvement or new technologies

Requirements

• Line manage a team, coaching them to reach your level of expertise
• Write Terraform and configure Kubernetes
• Build a secure, resilient and reliable platform on AWS
• Architect and build a platform for data-centric applications and services in a real-world production environment
• Describe your opinions on what a good platform looks like, from networking, compute and storage to monitoring
• Talk about how you learn and improve your skills

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays), increasing to 26 days after two years of service
• After one year of employment, you can work abroad for up to three months of the year, with approval from your manager
• After four years of employment, you are entitled to a fully paid six-week sabbatical
• Healthcare for you and your family with AXA
• Quarterly external one-to-one wellbeing coach sessions
• Annual bonus/option scheme
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policy
• Annual salary reviews with your manager
• Quarterly external one-to-one career coaching sessions
• £1,000 annual learning budget for courses, books and conferences
• Monthly London-based socials paid for by the company, from mini golf to cooking challenges to escape rooms!
• A chance to work with a vibrant, friendly team in a relaxed but committed culture
• The opportunity to join our LGBTQIA+ and Women in Fintech employee networks